Day 5 (Last day in Paradise)
Woke up to more pastries and dh strength coffee. I made some pork and veal chipolatas from the Super U and sauteed tomatoes for breakfast. Mmmm. Very fresh. We ambled once more down to Bikini for a glorious day of doing nothing and then resting afterwards. Geoffrey had the day off so Neal took care of us and did a great job. Sea was nice and we only had a little shower before the bright blue sky took over and everything calmed down completely. Caribs and tapas (chicken spring rolls, cod fritters, and chicken gyoza) again for lunch. The chicken spring rolls have a Vietnamese taste and are just perfectly moist and crunchy. After a simply exhausting day on the beach, we got cleaned up and went to L'Atelier for Valentine's. We had our usual apero, a couple kir royals, and then the seared foie gras to share for starter. A shared bottle of Saumur Champigny, a skirt steak with a divine shallot sauce for me, tenderloin with cheese sauce for dh. A shared hazelnut creme brulee and a creme de rum each for digestif. Dd had a really nice little steak hache and frites, her favorite. This was a simply wonderful Valentine's dinner, probably the best Valentines meal I have ever had. We very slowly ambled back to the condo to start packing up to move to the Dutch side for the rest of the trip. We met a few of the very friendly island cats while here and one was waiting at our door for scritches. Dd and I enjoyed a few moments of petting the sweet baby as we miss our own kitties whenever we are away from home. She always asks them their name. It is adorable. Our last Tom and Jerry of the trip, a night cap of banana vanilla Ma Doudou we had picked up at the Super U, listening to the waves and blissful sleep. (I got no pictures of the food tonight. Total brain fail. But I promise it was very pretty and more importantly, very tasty.)